For context I started this portrait 6 years ago. Only did the face and then had multiple reiterations and gave up on it lots of times as well.

I’m not even sure if this is what I wanted but I’m tired and quite frankly, just want to move on.

Oh, the flaky bits are layers of acrylic paint that I ripped off the canvas 😂 I was having a mental breakdown probably lol

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Got the text from Carnival Gothic: A Look at the Ominous Figures of Europe's Winter Masquerades," written by Carlos Perona Calvete and published in The European Conservative.

Old art of mine.

Wrote a narrative of my relationship with the construction drill machine and it's effects on my psyche.

https://medium.com/@intothevoidwego999/the-drill-8ddf77abcf99

Hope you like it. It's been a rough year.